ISPF Command Table not updated by PDSMAN when user signs on to ISPF

Products

• PDSMAN

Issue/Introduction

When starting up PDSMAN, it does not update the ISPF COMMAND TABLE with PDSM or EZY.  There are no messages in the log that show any errors. ISPF user cannot access commands PDSM or EZY.

Environment

Release: PDSMAN PDS Library Management 7.7

Resolution

The ISPF command table is built by ISPF when ISPF is started by a TSO user. PDSMAN intercepts ISPF and alters ISPF parameters so that ISPF will call the PDSMAN module that will update the ISPF command table.

In this case, the TSO logon CLIST is executing ISRPCP to get into ISPF.  PDSMAN only intercepts program names ISPF, PDF and ISPSTART and does not intercept ISPICP or ISRPCP. 

NOTE:
ISPSTART is an alias to ISPICP command.
PDF and ISPF are aliases to ISRPCP command. 

To resolve the issue, alter the logon EXEC or CLIST to use the standard 'ISPF' commands name instead of ISRPCP or ISPICP.